chore

[ chawr, chohr ]

/ tʃɔr, tʃoʊr /

noun

a small or odd job; routine task.

chores, the everyday work around a house or farm.

a hard or unpleasant task: Solving the problem was quite a chore.

Words nearby chore

chordophone, chordoskeleton, chordotomy, chordotonal, chordwise, chore, chorea, choregus, choreic abasia, choreic movement, choreiform

Origin of chore

1375–1425; late Middle English char, Old English cyrr, variant of cierr, cerr char³

SYNONYMS FOR chore

1 duty, work, errand, stint.

1, 2 See task.

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Examples from the Web for chore

Make the chore a lot more fun with a super cute toothbrush holder.
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Instead of a chore, choose something you love so you absolutely look forward to it.
Q&A With Designer Rachel Roy|Cynthia Allum|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That there was a way to tell the story and not have been leaden—not be a chore or an ordeal.
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But for it to double its user base from the current level will be quite a chore, and may take several years.
Gaming the Twitter IPO|Daniel Gross|October 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Similarly, I learned that studying was a choice, not a chore.
If You Grow Up Indian-American, College Graduation Isn’t Enough|Anita Raghavan|May 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We all know the charwoman, and have begun to forget our native modification of char, to wit, chore.
The American Language|Henry L. Mencken
A number of the men go off to a neighboring town for a spree, and the chore boy goes with them.
The Writing of the Short Story|Lewis Worthington Smith
Another was practically the chore boy of the worker who was assigned to teach him.
The Psychology of Management|L. M. Gilbreth
She must of necessity be my chore boy as well as my herd boy.
Langford of the Three Bars|Kate Boyles
I dont no moren git troo one chore den sumpin else hops right out at me.
The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies|Grace Brooks Hill

British Dictionary definitions for chore

chore

/ (tʃɔː) /

noun

a small routine task, esp a domestic one

an unpleasant task

Word Origin for chore

C19: variant of Middle English chare; related to char ³

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chore

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